I liked walking in my mother in-law’s garden and anytime I went out there was something. I didn’t always carry my big camera, but my phone was usually in my pocket, so I was able to capture this beauty.

Papilio demoleus is a common and widespread swallowtail butterfly. The butterfly is also known as the common lime butterfly, lemon butterfly, lime swallowtail, small citrus butterfly, chequered swallowtail, dingy swallowtail and citrus swallowtail.

I captured this beauty before I left Jamaica and I was wondering what kind of caterpillar it should be. My mother in-law had a lot of them on her plants in front of her house and she literally had to collect them and transfer to the back yard where they won’t eat up the nice plants she is keeping in the front yard.

I thought it is a black-yellow butterfly, which is very common in Jamaica, but after I did some research, I realized it is a moth.